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commit fbc26a76061326dbd50de3c40c52c6b7e87aad26
parent bfa0a5e71912753761258733efc303e1615b6fc5
Author: Antoine Amarilli <a3nm@a3nm.net>
Date:   Sat,  6 Sep 2025 22:35:58 +0200

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1_critical | 6+++---
1_or_3_in_3_sat | 8+++++---
2_ambiguous_cfg | 6+++---
arity | 2++
cartesian_product | 2+-
combinatorics | 9+++++----
computational_problem | 3++-
conjunctive_query_full | 2+-
database_instance | 6++++--
domain_element | 5+++++
domino_problem | 8++++++++
erdos_szekeres_theorem | 5+++++
higmans_lemma | 4++--
input | 5+++++
instance | 5+++++
output | 5+++++
structure | 12++++++++++++
superpermutation | 4++--
word_combinatorics | 2+-
zivny2009expressive | 10----------
20 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/1_critical b/1_critical @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # 1 critical -The [structure] with a single [domain_element] and every [relation] contains only the [tuple] mentioning only that element +The *1 critical* [structure] is the [structure] with a single [domain_element] and every [relation] contains only the [tuple] mentioning only that element -aka "well of positivity" in [gogacz2014all] +Called the "well of positivity" in [gogacz2014all] -Up: [dependency_expressiveness] +Up: [structure] diff --git a/1_or_3_in_3_sat b/1_or_3_in_3_sat @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -# 1_or_3_in_3_sat +# 1-or-3-in-3SAT -Variant of [satisfiability_boolean] where each clause contains exactly 3 literals and you want a valuation such that each clause has 1 or 3 true literals +The *1-or-3-in-3SAT* [decision_problem] is the variant of [Boolean_satisfiability] where each [clause] contains exactly 3 [literals] and where the [decision_problem] asks whether there exists a [Boolean_valuation] such that each [clause] contains exactly 1 or 3 [literals] that evaluate to true -It is in fact [ptime] because it is [affine] +This [decision_problem] is in fact in [PTIME] because it is [affine] https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/53268/complexity-of-1-or-3-in-3-sat-odd-3-sat Up: [schaefers_dichotomy_theorem], [sat_variants] + +Aliases: 1 or 3 in 3SAT diff --git a/2_ambiguous_cfg b/2_ambiguous_cfg @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -# 2 ambiguous CFG +# 2-ambiguous CFG -An [ambiguous_CFG] where every [word] has at most two [parse_trees] +A *2-ambiguous CFG* is an [ambiguous_CFG] where every [word] has at most two [parse_trees] Up: [degree_of_ambiguity_cfg] -Aliases: 2 ambiguous CFGs +Aliases: 2 ambiguous CFGs, 2ambiguous CFG, 2ambiguous CFGs diff --git a/arity b/arity @@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ [amarilli2015combining] Up: [logic] + +Aliases: Arity (relation) diff --git a/cartesian_product b/cartesian_product @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Cartesian product -The *cartesian products* of two [sets] S and T is the [set] of [ordered_pairs] +The *cartesian product* of two [sets] S and T is the [set] of [ordered_pairs] - (s, t) with s in S and t in T Up: [mathematics] diff --git a/combinatorics b/combinatorics @@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ - [extremal_combinatorics] - [word_combinatorics] -## Results +## [Theorems] - [ramsey_turan_theory] - [ramsey_theorem] - [sunflower_lemma] - [higmans_lemma] -- erdos-szekeres theorem on the existence of nonincreasing/nondecreasing [subsequence] of size sqrt(n) in a sequence of length n +- [erdos_szekeres_theorem] + - existence of nonincreasing/nondecreasing [subsequence] of size sqrt(n) in a [sequence] of length n ## Techniques @@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ ## Specific problems/objects -- [universal_tree] https://games-automata-play.github.io/blog/universal_trees/ +- [universal_tree] - [sparse_rulers] - [golomb_ruler] / [sidon_set] - sequences without [arithmetic_progressions] - [salem_spencer_set] - [angel_problem] - [german_tank_problem] - - frequentist interpretation vs bayesian interpretatino + - frequentist interpretation vs bayesian interpretation - [superpermutation] - [social_golfer_problem] - [menage_problem] diff --git a/computational_problem b/computational_problem @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ ## Specific problems - [clique_problem] -- [constraint_satisfaction_problem_tractability] +- [constraint_satisfaction_problem] + - [constraint_satisfaction_problem_tractability] - [graph_problem] - [maximum_matching_problem] - [minimum_formula_size_problem] diff --git a/conjunctive_query_full b/conjunctive_query_full @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Conjunctive query full +# Full conjunctive query A [CQ] without [projection]; also called a [join] query diff --git a/database_instance b/database_instance @@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ A set of [relations] containing [tuples] or [facts], for the [relations] defined in a [relational_signature] -[named_perspective] vs [unnamed_perspective] +This is like a [structure_(logic)] but the [relational_signature] is already fixed, and the [domain] is usually taken in the [active_domain] semantics + +Can be considered in the [named_perspective] or in the [unnamed_perspective] Up: [database_theory] -Aliases: database, database instances +Aliases: database, database instances, relational instance, relational instances, databases See also: [instance], [subdatabase] diff --git a/domain_element b/domain_element @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Domain element + +A *domain element* is an element of the [domain] of a [structure] or of a [relational_instance] + +Up: [logic] diff --git a/domino_problem b/domino_problem @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# Domino problem + +- [esperet2024structure] +- [auburn2018domino] + +Up: [graph_problem] + +See also: [enumeration_core] diff --git a/erdos_szekeres_theorem b/erdos_szekeres_theorem @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Erdos-Szekeres theorem + +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Szekeres_theorem + +Up: [combinatorics] diff --git a/higmans_lemma b/higmans_lemma @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Higman's lemma -[words] on finite [alphabet] are [well_quasi_ordering] by [subsequence] relation +The [words] on a finite [alphabet] are [well_quasi_ordered] by the [subsequence] [relation] -Of course does not work with [subword] +Of course this does not work with the [subword] [relation], e.g., a b* c Up: [lemma], [word_combinatorics] diff --git a/input b/input @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Input + +The specification of what a [computational_problem] is given + +Up: [computational_problem] diff --git a/instance b/instance @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Instance + +A choice of values for the [input] to a [computational_problem] + +Up: [computational_problem] diff --git a/output b/output @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Output + +The specification of what a [computational_problem] must return + +Up: [computational_problem] diff --git a/structure b/structure @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Structure + +A [structure] consists of a [domain] D, a [relational_signature] σ, and an interpretation giving, for each [relation] of σ of [arity_(relation)] k, a set of k-tuples that are those for which the relation holds + +- [substructure] +- [reduct]: the [substructure] which is the restriction of a [structure] to a subset of the [signature] + +Up: [logic] + +See also: [relational_instance] + +Aliases: structure (logic) diff --git a/superpermutation b/superpermutation @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Related notion: [universal_word] (all contiguous factors) Related notion: shortest word containing all permutations as a [subsequence] - discussed here https://mathoverflow.net/questions/165303/shortest-supersequence-of-all-permutations-of-n-elements - - on [oeis] https://oeis.org/A062714 - - article surveying this: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00029890.2021.1835384#d1e3032 + - on [OEIS] https://oeis.org/A062714 + - article surveying this: [engen2021containing] - lower bound [kleitman1976lower] - [conp_hard] to detect, cf [uznanski2015all] by [przemyslaw] - from https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/31559/recognizing-sequences-with-all-permutations-of-1-ldots-n-as-subsequence diff --git a/word_combinatorics b/word_combinatorics @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ - [universal_word] - [de_bruijn_sequence] -Up: [combinatorics] on [word] +Up: [combinatorics] on [words] See also: [stringology], [formal_language_theory] diff --git a/zivny2009expressive b/zivny2009expressive @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -# zivny2009expressive - -[submodular_set_function_bounded_arity], a sum of [submodular_set_functions] defined on a bounded subset of [variables] - -talks about [submodular_polynomial], and quadratic submodular polynomials, which admit a more efficient optimization algorithm by reduction to [min_cut] - -all cubic submodular polynomials can be expressed as quadratic submodular polynomials, but for degree-4 this is no longer true and they characterize which ones are expressible -- the [computational_complexity] of recognizing them is open - -Up: [academic_paper] on [submodular_set_function]